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The official student publication of Bethel College
Wednesday/November 22/ 1995 Volume 71, Number 6
L
nside. . .
Sports
Hoops And
Dreams
The basketball season just
tipped off, but already the
Royals have high hopes to
end the season at the top
of the pack.
Opinions
Gadkin Ad Is Royal
Faux Pas
"Chicks, flicks and hockey
sticks" is crude, rude and
lude.
Arts
Everyone's A Critic
A plethora of writers
review everytlting from
Carrey to Crawford.
Editorial
Where's The Beef?
Kastelein's opinion is at
stake.
A student answers the call
to voice her beef with
Bethel.
Police rate Fountain safe Bethel
after criminal incidents
By AMY WIKEN
Writing Intern
On Nov. 14th in the afternoon, a police officer was called
lo building 691 at Fountain Terrace. But it wasn't to check out
a crime scene. Instead, Officer
Ed Werneke from the New
Brighton Police Department
was doing a safety check on an
individual apartment, the building complex, and the surrounding parking areas. You might be
surprised by what he found.
Before officer Werneke began his tour he said, "We have
very, very few calls from these
apartments". His tour of Fountain began by looking inside a
second level apartment in building 691. The door and locks
scored high marks. Werneke
said a single cylinder dead bolt
Crimes
committed
at Fountain
By RENAE ORVIS
News Editor
Two crimes have occurred at
Fountain Terrace, within the
last month. One of them involved a man breaking in to a
women's appartment. The other
was an assault of a male resident.
Police were called in to
handle both of the crimes.
Security responed to both incidents immediately by posting
security alerts around Fountain
Terrace and handing out bars
for securing sliding doors. They
also responded by tightening
patrol in the area after the
crimes occured.
into a steel frame door is very
safe.
After thorough examination,
the sliding screen door was labeled good. Werneke agreed
that the additional protection the
residents had added by the
board jammed between the
closed sliding door and the
frame was good. The sliding
window also rated high.
According to Werneke, in
late spring and early fall, when
people leave their windows
open for ventilation, they are
not safe. "Screens are meant for
keeping out bugs and flies, not
people," Werneke said. Several
years ago, a burglar in the New
Brighton area broke into five
apartments in 30 minutes by
slashing the screens and pushing open the window. This oc
curred because the windows
were left open for air. "An open
window is not safe," Werneke
said.
One part of the building that
can keep people out is the entry
system. "The entry system in
the buildings are only as good
as the people in the building,"
Werneke said. If people use
them as they were intended,
they are very effective. But if
the residents let in people they
don't know or if they prop open
the door, the system fails to
serve its purpose.
When asked how he would
rate the safety of the buildings,
he said they were excellent. He
showed how Bethel had worked
to make the entrances safe for
SEE FOUNTAIN PAGE 2
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V„C.T~T;^i*i,,V 1^1;^ mates in their
/
i^The suspects were flnvinga
lecurity af 16055 and the'Nej-gBn;
Jets not likely to land in St. Paul
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PAUL, Minn.— The
Winnipeg Jets, who must find a
new home next season, are a
"longshot" to resettle in St.
Paul.
St.Paul Mayor Norm
Coleman met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New
York on Wednesday regarding
the possibility of the Jets playing in the St. Paul Civic Center.
Coleman said Bettman was
receptive, but the arena would
require expensive renovations.
"There are still a lot of questions about the economics of
this deal." the mayor said.
St. Paul officials suggested
the Civic Center after the Jets'
new owners determined it
would be unprofitable to play at
the Target Center in Minneapolis, the home of the NBA Minnesota Timberwolves, without
public subsidies.
George Abraham, executive
vice president of the company
put together to buy the Jets, said
the St. Paul arena presents problems.
The Civic Center does not
have luxury suites and is contractually bound to the IHL's
Minnesota Moose through next
season.
"It's a longshot," Abraham
said. "There are a lot of hurdles
to get over, and some of the
hurdles are different than we
had at Target Center."
Abraham said he has given
projections for Jets' revenues
and expenses to St. Paul officials.
The Civic Center does offer
certain advantages over the Target Center. The Jets would have
access to revenue that would not
be available in Minneapolis because the arena portion of the
Civic Center is debt-free. In
addition, a hockey team playing there would not have to split
arena income with an NBA
team.
experiments
with honors
ByJOYEKBLAD
VVriting Intern
The Honors Program Induction Ceremony for Bethel's first
class of honors students was
held on Friday, Oct. 20, in the
Regents Conference Room.
This new program contains
honors courses that fulfill general education requirements and
give students the opportunity to
take a couple of courses in their
major on an honors basis. As
seniors, each honor student will
do a senior project, attend about
five Monday night forums each
semester during their four years
of college. The 19-95-96 Bethel
Catalog contains some information about the Honors Program.
Plans for the Honors Program began about two years ago
when faculty were thinking of
new programs to add for students. Paul Reasoner, professor of philosophy, said that
starting this program was something he had wanted to do for a
long time. He created an Honors Program task force of interested faculty members. The task
force examined Honors Programs of other schools and
spoke to some of those Honors
students.
To apply for the Bethel Honors program, each potential
Honors student had to write an
essay, give his /her standardized
test scores, high school grade
point average, a list of books
read in the past year and mark
which books had the greatest
influence.
"1 applied because I was up
for the extra challenge and
thought the program sounded
intriguing," said Honors Student Tessa Raisanen. Many of
the other Honors students also
said they wanted an extra challenge.
This fall, the Honors students are taking the course
called Faith and Foundations of
Learning. Professor Mary Ellen
Ashcroft, who teaches the class,
said she took some of the most
interesting things from Introduction to Literature and College Writing and tried to find
ways to take them a little
deeper.
One of the things the honors
students enjoy most about the
class is their discussions. "I feel
like I can learn a lot from the
other students," said honors student freshman John Kimbell.
"This program is stretching me
to dig deeper into how I feel
about different issues."
Faith and Foundations of
Learning and the spring semester honors course. Meaning and
Persons, fulfill the College
SEE HONORS PAGE 3

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The official student publication of Bethel College
Wednesday/November 22/ 1995 Volume 71, Number 6
L
nside. . .
Sports
Hoops And
Dreams
The basketball season just
tipped off, but already the
Royals have high hopes to
end the season at the top
of the pack.
Opinions
Gadkin Ad Is Royal
Faux Pas
"Chicks, flicks and hockey
sticks" is crude, rude and
lude.
Arts
Everyone's A Critic
A plethora of writers
review everytlting from
Carrey to Crawford.
Editorial
Where's The Beef?
Kastelein's opinion is at
stake.
A student answers the call
to voice her beef with
Bethel.
Police rate Fountain safe Bethel
after criminal incidents
By AMY WIKEN
Writing Intern
On Nov. 14th in the afternoon, a police officer was called
lo building 691 at Fountain Terrace. But it wasn't to check out
a crime scene. Instead, Officer
Ed Werneke from the New
Brighton Police Department
was doing a safety check on an
individual apartment, the building complex, and the surrounding parking areas. You might be
surprised by what he found.
Before officer Werneke began his tour he said, "We have
very, very few calls from these
apartments". His tour of Fountain began by looking inside a
second level apartment in building 691. The door and locks
scored high marks. Werneke
said a single cylinder dead bolt
Crimes
committed
at Fountain
By RENAE ORVIS
News Editor
Two crimes have occurred at
Fountain Terrace, within the
last month. One of them involved a man breaking in to a
women's appartment. The other
was an assault of a male resident.
Police were called in to
handle both of the crimes.
Security responed to both incidents immediately by posting
security alerts around Fountain
Terrace and handing out bars
for securing sliding doors. They
also responded by tightening
patrol in the area after the
crimes occured.
into a steel frame door is very
safe.
After thorough examination,
the sliding screen door was labeled good. Werneke agreed
that the additional protection the
residents had added by the
board jammed between the
closed sliding door and the
frame was good. The sliding
window also rated high.
According to Werneke, in
late spring and early fall, when
people leave their windows
open for ventilation, they are
not safe. "Screens are meant for
keeping out bugs and flies, not
people," Werneke said. Several
years ago, a burglar in the New
Brighton area broke into five
apartments in 30 minutes by
slashing the screens and pushing open the window. This oc
curred because the windows
were left open for air. "An open
window is not safe," Werneke
said.
One part of the building that
can keep people out is the entry
system. "The entry system in
the buildings are only as good
as the people in the building,"
Werneke said. If people use
them as they were intended,
they are very effective. But if
the residents let in people they
don't know or if they prop open
the door, the system fails to
serve its purpose.
When asked how he would
rate the safety of the buildings,
he said they were excellent. He
showed how Bethel had worked
to make the entrances safe for
SEE FOUNTAIN PAGE 2
2:MU&pnThxirsd^
V„C.T~T;^i*i,,V 1^1;^ mates in their
/
i^The suspects were flnvinga
lecurity af 16055 and the'Nej-gBn;
Jets not likely to land in St. Paul
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PAUL, Minn.— The
Winnipeg Jets, who must find a
new home next season, are a
"longshot" to resettle in St.
Paul.
St.Paul Mayor Norm
Coleman met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New
York on Wednesday regarding
the possibility of the Jets playing in the St. Paul Civic Center.
Coleman said Bettman was
receptive, but the arena would
require expensive renovations.
"There are still a lot of questions about the economics of
this deal." the mayor said.
St. Paul officials suggested
the Civic Center after the Jets'
new owners determined it
would be unprofitable to play at
the Target Center in Minneapolis, the home of the NBA Minnesota Timberwolves, without
public subsidies.
George Abraham, executive
vice president of the company
put together to buy the Jets, said
the St. Paul arena presents problems.
The Civic Center does not
have luxury suites and is contractually bound to the IHL's
Minnesota Moose through next
season.
"It's a longshot," Abraham
said. "There are a lot of hurdles
to get over, and some of the
hurdles are different than we
had at Target Center."
Abraham said he has given
projections for Jets' revenues
and expenses to St. Paul officials.
The Civic Center does offer
certain advantages over the Target Center. The Jets would have
access to revenue that would not
be available in Minneapolis because the arena portion of the
Civic Center is debt-free. In
addition, a hockey team playing there would not have to split
arena income with an NBA
team.
experiments
with honors
ByJOYEKBLAD
VVriting Intern
The Honors Program Induction Ceremony for Bethel's first
class of honors students was
held on Friday, Oct. 20, in the
Regents Conference Room.
This new program contains
honors courses that fulfill general education requirements and
give students the opportunity to
take a couple of courses in their
major on an honors basis. As
seniors, each honor student will
do a senior project, attend about
five Monday night forums each
semester during their four years
of college. The 19-95-96 Bethel
Catalog contains some information about the Honors Program.
Plans for the Honors Program began about two years ago
when faculty were thinking of
new programs to add for students. Paul Reasoner, professor of philosophy, said that
starting this program was something he had wanted to do for a
long time. He created an Honors Program task force of interested faculty members. The task
force examined Honors Programs of other schools and
spoke to some of those Honors
students.
To apply for the Bethel Honors program, each potential
Honors student had to write an
essay, give his /her standardized
test scores, high school grade
point average, a list of books
read in the past year and mark
which books had the greatest
influence.
"1 applied because I was up
for the extra challenge and
thought the program sounded
intriguing," said Honors Student Tessa Raisanen. Many of
the other Honors students also
said they wanted an extra challenge.
This fall, the Honors students are taking the course
called Faith and Foundations of
Learning. Professor Mary Ellen
Ashcroft, who teaches the class,
said she took some of the most
interesting things from Introduction to Literature and College Writing and tried to find
ways to take them a little
deeper.
One of the things the honors
students enjoy most about the
class is their discussions. "I feel
like I can learn a lot from the
other students," said honors student freshman John Kimbell.
"This program is stretching me
to dig deeper into how I feel
about different issues."
Faith and Foundations of
Learning and the spring semester honors course. Meaning and
Persons, fulfill the College
SEE HONORS PAGE 3